From Obama to Trump: Structural and Strategic Changes in NATO

From Obama to Trump: Structural and Strategic Changes in NATO

Donald Trump recently described NATO as obsolete so in this episode I take a quick look at the history of the organisation from its founding in 1949 to the inclusion of many former Warsaw Pact states in 1999 and 2004, which Russia understandably saw as a threat to its security. The relationship between NATO and Russia has been increasingly tense under Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama, in my opinion, due to pressure from military-industrial complex lobbyists rather than coherent military or political reasons. I’m pretty certain that Trump will maintain US commitment to NATO but hopes to reduce overall defence spending by working to decrease tensions with Russia.